Realism
Tales of the Old West
Mark Twain
Forging New Frontiers
Miscellaneous
100
Name a realism author
What is Mark Twain, Kate Chopin, Paul Laurence Dunba, Edgar Lee Masters
100
What are three types of writing used in Tales of the Old West?
What is Folk Tales, Legends and Ballads
100
Name one of Mark Twain's Writtings
What is Huckleberry Finn, Life on the Mississippi
100
Give an example of Chief Joseph's writing
What is "I Will Fight No More Forever"
100
Who wrote "The Story of an Hour"?
What is Kate Chopin
200
What topic did Kate Chopin's writing discuss
What is Women's Struggles
200
Name one Author that wrote about the Old West
What is Mark Twain or Bret Harte
200
True or False: Did Mark Twain base his books "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" and "Huckleberry Finn" on his childhood experiences?
What is True
200
How did the Westward expansion affect the Native Americans and their literature
Native American's were being forced off their lands because the white American's needed more space as they expanded westward. The Native American's wrote about how they fought for their land and how they felt they were being forced to leave it.
200
What Major event happened in 1865?
Slavery was Abolished
300
What does "We wear a Mask" by Paul Laurence Dunba Focus on?
Social problems facing African Americans
300
Tales of "The Old West" were passed down through generations by?
What is Oral Tradition
300
How did Mark Twain portray Native Americans in his writing?
He portrayed them as threatening criminals and savages
300
What was the title of Bret Harte's writing about life on the frontier?
What is "Outcast of Poker Flats"
300
What major writer has a square named after him in Oakland?
What is Jack London
400
How did living in a changing world effect their writing?
People began to write about their struggles and experiences as they traveled and thee society changed. They wrote in a less optimistic, factual manner.
400
What modivated the men to move out west?
What is the discovery of gold in 1848
400
Why was Mark Twain's writing considered Realism
He depicted society and human nature in a pessimistic way
400
What began the westward expantion to new frontiers?
New advances in technology and increase in immigration to America forced them to expand westward
400
What are ballads?
What are song-like poems that tell a story, often dealing with adventure and romance
500
Give an example of a realistic author, their writing, and how there writing is considered realistic.
Example: Edgar Lee Masters, "Spoon River Anthology", his writing focused on people in a small town in Illinois, Many of he speaks through his characters after they die. It shows frustration and hardship. There are other answers
500
Why does Oral Tradition change stories over time?
Becuase stories were passed down from generation to generation and each time the tellers exaggerated, elaborated, and added and subtracted details
500
"When I was a boy, There was but one permanent ambition among my comrades in our village on the west bank of the a Mississippi River. That was, to be a steamboatman." What quote from
What is "The Boy's Ambition" from "A Life on the Mississippi"
500
How did women feel about the Westward Movement compared to the men?
Women did not like moving to the west because they were scared and uncomfortable but the men wrote about the adventure of traveling to new lands.
500
Which author wrote "Found ourselves in this miserable hotel before we know it. Miserable fare-herring boiled with cabbage-miserable, dirty beds, and an odor pervading the house that is not at all agreeable. Mistress gone."
What is Miriam Davis Colt
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